Hungarian Accreditation Committee

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Discussion of the draft Higher Education Act

On request by the Ministry of Education, in March 2004, the HAC has discussed the draft outline for the new HE Act and submitted its comments to the Ministry.
(15.04.2004.)

First meeting of the newly appointed body of the HAC

At the 16 January 2004 inaugural meeting of the HAC for the new term, Deputy Secretary of State Béla Mang presented the HAC members their mandates signed by the Prime Minister. The meeting continued with reports by the outgoing President Pál Michelberger and Secretary General Tibor Szántó about the HAC's past three-year term. After that the HAC members elected a new president, László Fésüs. Professor Fésüs holds a PhD in medicine and a doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in biology, and is a Corresponding Member of the Academy. He was rector of Debrecen Medical University in 1999 and rector of the newly merged Debrecen University in 2000/01. In addition to his distinguished professional background he has been active in higher education strategy, most recently as chair of the Bologna Committee of the Hungarian Rectors' Conference, and has participated as visiting team member in accreditation procedures of the HAC. The HAC congratulates its new President and expresses its thanks to outgoing President Pál Michelberger for his work at the HAC in the past term
(26.01.2004.)

Parallel accreditation of study program

HAC committees commissioned to develop an evaluation methodology for the parallel evaluation of study programs have submitted detailed recommendations concerning study programs in History and Psychology. Relevant self-evaluation guidelines, that have been set up based on experts' opinions have been finalized and are available in Hungarian here.
(15.12.2003.)

ANECA

The HAC is concluding an agreement of mutual cooperation with the Spanish National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation ANECA.
(03.12.2003)

CEE Network News

On 21-22 October 2003HAC staff member Christina Rozsnyai, who acts as the CEE Network coordinating secretary, was asked to speak about history and recent developments of the CEE Network, and quality assurance in the region, in Bonn, where, under coordination of the German organization InWent a seminar was held for the elected members of the Central American Accreditation Council and representative of Accreditation Agencies and Systems of Central America.
(03.12.2003)